Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1949 — Page 20

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I HERALD ANGELS . . . Rrhrar*in< for thr annual Chriatmas < andk-light service, the children cborlalera of the Crawford Methodi»t Memorial church in the Bronx. New York, make an Impressive picture when viewed through a ( hristmaa wreath in the foreground. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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J” What you sliould knw*l I about Christmas I 71170 HEN Rev. Joseph Mohr ■ ond Frank Gruber per* ■ formed their song, Silent Night, Vr 3 A|° 4 i| the first time, the "iC A > church organ was out x—gl j| ■ a of fix. Gruber played ill ■ the accom- n. _H V M paniment on JS/T /M| F®®! a guitar.ul jl [firn 11 V ■ (Oberndorf, mA I I LJU Austria, Dec. ICj ‘if II ▼ < 25, / / /H I ’ I IH». <m» rmtum ornOfcow. Ine. jy A Ip What you snouifl j about (Christmas [J 3 ,/< holly was h A S 3 Bw it NjpJ regarded as magic. It was rM 3 believed that if a house were n| H at Christmas with thorny V/ M . 0 the husband wottld rule ’ fcal r throughout the year; if hung |Tj with smoothholly, the woman |d| would be the "master. ISB/ gg /ffff/X 1 I ’vxv lif s Kl- //w zj I I M / it ?rr BP Il L Wl H LiWuiL • n I Ivl *-—‘ ’•"rvl ’■”• .• li 1 rtJ ■• 0 x -*s A 1 -l Cwyncht. 1M». Kir« PMtu.u trmifW, lx. ’*~~ v ' ~ ft •aW<sW.WW.WWWWWM.I.VWI«M,W.W<.M,W<» you should y about (Christmas ( I/ 7 * v,s ‘ ts °f Nicholas with \ P/ gifts began in this country among the y J V Dutch, who called him Sant Nikolaas. Their ft»i J English neighbors understood this as Santa \ Claus-hence that name. Among the Dutch, \ [</ Santa Claus made his rounds on a white horse; yJ y Scandinavian settlers made his \\ steeds reindeer. J . |\L fa 1 v jltl y anti 1 \I | llK' v c K I T Z t jf a,/|H IMS. SOW mtarw WWW Ya

The date of Christmas as the time of the winter aohtice was set by chUrch leaders in 340 A. D. Changes in the man-made calendar cause the variance between the actual day of the solstice aad Dec. 2S. ★ ★ For many centuries Christmas was observed solely ss a church anniversary and only by religious services ' ★ ★ In the Middle Ages the lighting of the Yule log was the signal for commencement of the festivities observing Christmas. ★ ★ Many Christmas customs are ierived from non-Christian origins. The Romans ornamented temples and homes with green boughs to observe the Saturnalia. The Druids gathered ‘mistletoe and the Saxons made use of holly as decoration. ★ ★ The first Christmas tree came into being, it is believed, when Boniface, an English missionary to Germany, in the Eighth Century did away with the sacred oak of Odin and replaced it with a fir tree, adorned in honor of the Christ child. Martin Luther is credited with the introduction of the custom of decorating Christmas trees with lighted candles. ★ ★ Tn the Sixth Century the church set aside the four Sundays preceding Christmas as a time of devotional preparation for the festival These are now known as the Sundays in Advent.

I I To Onr I llff// , Family I IU ' and Neighbors-- I Am joyful voices herald the ap- B " proach of another Christmas sea- B son, we are grateful forth? B friendships and close associations ! ■-' ’ . . 5..8 if '* has b* en <>ur •’ r,vl ' e,fe *® enjov ' B , At no other time of the year do B warm feelings and fond words _ 7 ?dß| seem more fitting and sincere, and B • no hum hie appreciative of the hies- ? V ' s ’ n * we have shared, and from the B ggal\KWJ&y * lM>ttom of onr hearts we say • J j i “A Joyous Chrtetma* » ;cfl, U ( jifl h To Alt " ' ■ GENERAL ELECTRIC I I ' H [ I >■ I ’ B DEC ATI R PJ.ANT g - ? |»/ V""> f',l iMMa

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